"Mably (m. l'Abbé De) - Observations On The History Of France. Chez Brière, 1823."
MABLY (M. l'abbé de) - Observations on the history of France. Paris, Chez JLJ Brière, Bookseller, 1823; in-8, VI-475 + 427 + 451 pp., period bindings half plum calfskin, decorated smooth spine, marbled edges. The 3 volumes. Abbé Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, born in Grenoble in 1709 and died in Paris in 1785, was a French philosopher. Abbé Mably is Condillac's brother, also a philosopher. Mably denounces "legal despotism" and also criticizes the English political system, which according to him subordinates the legislative power to the executive power. Nice copy.